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NAPIER MAIL, JUNE 22, 2011
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A small fortune for a taste of heaven
Good as gold: Angela Eccles and daughter Madeline, 4.
By NEILL GORDON
neill.gordon@napiermail.co.nz
Pound of flesh:
The price of
dairy products
has risen at
twice that of
general food
inflation.
Somebody s creaming it but it s
not the home baker.
Butter has long been the Kiwi
cook s best friend but that
relationship is under strain as
500-gram ingots of the golden
stuff hit the $5 mark.
It s naughty but I do still buy
it, confesses Angela Eccles, a
Napier mum of two and keen
home cook.
Three dollars fifty I could just
tolerate but for the last few
months it s been $4 -- now on
special it s $4.50! I was just like,
get out of town!
You can have amazing
conversations with people in the
butter aisle these days.
A trip to the supermarket to
buy milk, butter and cheese costs
more than 50 per cent more than
it did five years ago.
In the Eccles household, butter
has been a key ingredient of fami-
ly life. It s not just about produ-
cing scrummy treats for
lunchboxes but sharing a fun
activity with the kids, learning
some measuring maths along the
way and teaching some cooking
lifeskills -- all that and a bowl to
lick afterwards.
Dad Carl, a builder, likes the
taste of butter in his sandwiches
and because he works hard
Angela doesn t begrudge sprea-
ding a bit of luxury on his lunch.
She bakes batches of biscuits
every week and goodies such as
Weet-Bix slice (see recipe --
Angela recommends doubling it),
chocolate brownies, muffins and
scones. They go to her mum s
house once a week for a roast and
more butter is called for because
Angela always does the dessert.
Butter on toast, butter in our
sandwiches, butter at night in
your mash, a knob of butter on the
peas -- you can use a lot of butter
if you want.
There are, of course, recipes
which don t require butter -- bran
muffins spring to mind. They
taste best hot out of the oven with
-- there s no escaping it -- a knob of
butter.
Chocolate Weet-Bix Slice
Ingredients
1 c standard flour, sifted
2 Weet-Bix, crushed to
smithereens
1 c brown sugar, well packed
1 tsp baking powder
1 c chocolate chips
130g butter, melted
Preheat oven to 180 degrees
Celsius.
Combine everything except
the butter and give it a good
mix. Add the butter and stir till
combined.
Press into a lined baking slice
tin. Bake in a preheated oven at
180deg for about 25 minutes.
Cool and cut into bars.
Store in airtight container.